geysers

noun

plural of geyser
1
as in fountains

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as in sprays

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Recent Examples of geysers Many acidic geysers break down the rock that forms a geyser, but the acidity at Echinus is not strong enough to eat away at the surrounding stone. — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for geysers
  1. fountains
  2. sprays
  3. springs
  4. jets
  5. bursts
  6. spits
  7. spritzes
  8. blasts
Noun
  • Its famous holiday lights won’t be on display during the first half of the season, but the fountains and public art still give the district plenty of visual appeal.
    — Taylor Haught, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026
  • And teach kids not to drink from the pool or treat splash-pad spouts like drinking fountains.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 20 July 2026
Definition of fountains
Noun
  • These are what Brown calls paint sprays and spray threes, two of Brown’s foundational principles of the new-look, high-octane Knicks offense.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2026
  • To make new plantings a little more pest-proof, experiment with repellent sprays, like putrid egg solids, hot pepper spray, and humanely sourced predator spray.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Nov. 2025
Definition of sprays
Noun
  • The Luiseño Indigenous people bathed in the springs’ mineral waters since time immemorial, and one of the site’s first owners, Fritz Guenther, built a bathhouse and a couple of cottages there in 1902—essentially, the area’s first wellness resort.
    — Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 17 July 2026
  • Dietz missed nearly all of the last two seasons — springs and summers — while recovering from a stress fracture in his elbow.
    — Keith Law, New York Times, 15 July 2026
Definition of springs
Noun
  • Cheap Iranian drones have been effectively targeting American bases in the Persian Gulf, regardless of the patrolling of fancy F-35 jets.
    — Phillips Payson O’Brien, The Atlantic, 18 July 2026
  • The airline announced this week that every one of its new Airbus A321XLR jets, used for long-range flights, will include one Economy Plus row where the middle seat stays permanently empty.
    — Roger Dooley, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of jets
Noun
  • Adding short bursts of intensity to your walks can improve your cardiovascular fitness without overhauling your routine.
    — Jenessa Connor, Health, 21 July 2026
  • Blue raspberry popping boba pearls add colorful bursts of sweet-tart flavor.
    — Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 21 July 2026
Definition of bursts
Noun
  • The spits are tightly packed and constantly rotating, churning out 48 chickens every hour.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Denying that their output is propaganda & amplifying their messaging spits in the face of those murdered on Oct 7th & props up the Hamas terror regime that continues to punish its own people.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2025
Definition of spits
Noun
  • Sanchez recently launched a happy hour with $8 wines and spritzes, including a yuzu sake spritz.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 3 July 2026
Definition of spritzes
Noun
  • Rumors fill information void Syrian officials say the blasts that targeted government institutions and the French presidential convoy were the work of a cell affiliated with the Islamic State.
    — Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 15 July 2026
  • So the production would brave heavy winds with fireboats that could pummel the main boat with blasts of water to create storm effects.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 July 2026
Definition of blasts

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